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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 26, 1951
Page
1
The Gloucester Sub-Branch League advances a compact utilitarian Soldiers Hall design for ex servicemen with a main hall 80 by 48 feet, stage 50 by 13 feet 6 inches, dressing rooms, a front portico with ticket office, and a L shaped supper room kitchen later retooled to fit budget constraints and public needs.
Weather woes plagued the rifle notes as mirage and poor visibility hindered bulls. Bob Hewitt won the Spoon with 28 25 rifle scores and a 20 handicap totaling 73. Gordon Blackman bedridden. Gordon and P Hile mentioned.
Carr Eros Teport reports Maitland Saleyards held a large store cattle sale with buyers from Merriwa Gloucester Singleton Greaford Dungog and Maitland district. Competition for 450 fattening age bullocks on behalf of Pem broke Casailis was spirited. Prices included Hereford bullocks four years to 33 10 shorthorn bullocks five and six years to 91 1 Devon-Larham cross bullocks to 1 16. The overall average rose on young months with Hereford steer weaners to 14 17 and heifers for weaners to 14 11.
Lorne Welch of Reigate battled cross winds for eight hours to fly 1 1/2 miles from Great Harrow to Manston in the National Gliding championships. He fell ten miles short of Lympne as the glider climbed to 6 800 feet during the long flight.
The Bank of New South Wales marks 100 years at its Martin Place head office with origins dating to 1817 near the Wool Exchange. The current site was purchased in 1851 with the first on-site building in 1853, later expanded. the 1932 structure features a multi locked vault and a top floor restaurant, reflecting a long history of Australian banking and highlighting inscriptions detailing milestones from 1817 to 1932.
Mrs M A Newton secretary to the Gloucester AH and P Association congratulates Mr Theo Hooke on a notable breeding achievement. She notes the breeder may have been one of three cattle shown earlier, with the entry by W J Stanton, and hopes for a future exhibit at the 1952 show and possibly a sale, praising Gloucester and Dungog as stock centres.
Mr. Crowfoot argues identical twin calves show growth and behavior align when treated the same, and diverge with different feeding. He suggests twin groups on varied nutrition isolate the effects of feeding on production and butterfat, enabling precise dairy research conclusions.
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